Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] put down the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | she finished her own tea and put down the cup . |
| 2 | She found a stained beer-mat and put down the mug , which bore the legend , ‘ When God made man , she was only joking ’ in spiky black letters . |
| 3 | She walked to the desk and put down the vase and by the time she had done this Gabriel was gone . |
| 4 | The association of ideas made fondness for Gentle sound like another disease , but he did n't comment on it , merely made arrangements to pick up Klein the following evening and put down the phone , plunged into a deeper trough than ever . |
| 5 | It was by then already obvious that the schools had overcome their first reservations er about what the scheme had to offer and it was so obvious that they deserved recognition for their efforts that it led to my colleagues , Councillor and putting down the motion to Council in April of this year , drawing attention to the continuing success in schools throughout the district of the Local Management initiative . |
| 6 | Melissa murmured some banal phrases of encouragement and put down the telephone with a feeling of desolation . |